一切經音義 29.38

29.38

Famine and dearth 飢饉 (The upper character has the fanqie ji + yi; the Erya says: “Failure of the grain crop is called ji 飢.” The Cang Jie pian says: “Hungry; empty belly.” The Shuowen says: “Starving; deriving from [企-止+皂] with the phonetic ji 几; the ancient graph was written 𩚎.” The lower character has the fanqie qin + ren; the Guliang zhuan says: “Failure of the three grains is called jin 饉.” The Erya says: “Vegetables not ripening is called jin.” The Shuowen says: “Deriving from shi 食 [food] with the phonetic jin 堇”).